LOS ANGELES -- With the Los Angeles Lakers mired in a two-game losing streak -- the last loss being a 32-point drubbing by Denver -- the team turned to Coach Herman Boone from T.C. Williams High School to give them a pep talk.
Well, the actor who played the football Coach Boone in "Remember the Titans," anyway. Denzel Washington was the latest guest in the Lakers' "Genius Series" this week -- Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka regularly invites notable speakers in entertainment and other industries to address the team -- and his message came at a fortuitous time.